Pawson House, Notting Hill

Pawson Family House

(London, UK) 1996-1999

#Boundaries

 

Inside the Pawson family house, London

 Palmgren House, Drevviken, Sweden 2006 – 2013

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#Boundries

Pawson Family House

(Notting Hill, London, UK) 1996-1999

The Pawson Family house was designed by John Pawson architects, in 1996. The house is often referred to as minimalist (Brooker, 2013) and has perfect example of a discreet threshold. The Pawson family needed a home for themselves, so they have adapted an 8-bedroom house to a 4-bedroom house. A thin piece of glass separates the interior and exterior space, forming a transparent wall between the two areas.  By using a minimalist approach, the inside area is not defined as an interior space and therefore provides continuity between internal and external. Once the door is open there is no longer a physical boundary. This is John Pawson’s signature design as he has used it in many of projects. He has also taken away the visual boundary in the staircase, which links the ground floor to the second floor, with the first floor accessible.

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Bibliography:

Brooker, G. (2013) Key interiors since 1900. London: Laurence King Publishing.